This document discusses techniques for outdoor food production, including extending the growing season, propagation methods, crop rotation, intercropping, and successional cropping. It describes using protection like cloches and polytunnels, sowing varieties suited to different seasons, and sowing in succession. Propagation methods include seed, plants, roots, slips, and sets. Crop rotation involves dividing crops into groups and rotating where each group is planted to reduce pests and diseases. Intercropping plants quick and slow maturing crops together, while successional cropping involves sowing varieties and planting at intervals for continuous harvest.